EP 3443255 B1 20240424 - BALANCED SUPPORT HEAD FOR VIDEO/ PHOTOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT
Title (en)
BALANCED SUPPORT HEAD FOR VIDEO/ PHOTOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT
Title (de)
AUSGEGLICHENER STÜTZKOPF FÜR VIDEO-/FOTOGRAFISCHE AUSRÜSTUNG
Title (fr)
TÊTE DE SUPPORT ÉQUILIBRÉE POUR ÉQUIPEMENT VIDÉO/PHOTOGRAPHIQUE
Publication
Application
Priority
- IT UA20162628 A 20160415
- IB 2017052166 W 20170414
Abstract (en)
[origin: WO2017179020A1] A balanced support head (1) for video/photographic equipment (2a), comprising a base (3), a platform (2) to which the equipment can be detachably fixed and which can turn relative to the base about a horizontal axis of oscillation (X), as well as a balancing device (10) capable of offsetting the oscillation of the platform caused by the weight of the equipment and the platform. The balancing device comprises a spring (12) fastened to the base and extending towards the platform along a substantially vertical axis (Z) of said base, and also an abutment element (16) fastened to the platform and abutting one end (15a) of the spring at a predetermined distance (R) from the axis of oscillation, so that, when the platform is oscillated relative to the base from a vertical, balanced position, the abutment element is displaced relative to the vertical axis along the end of the spring, such that the force exerted thereby on the abutment element generates a balancing torque with a sign opposite that generated by the weight of the equipment and of the platform.
IPC 8 full level
F16M 11/04 (2006.01); F16M 11/10 (2006.01); F16M 13/00 (2006.01); G03B 17/56 (2021.01)
CPC (source: EP US)
F16M 11/041 (2013.01 - EP US); F16M 11/10 (2013.01 - EP US); F16M 13/00 (2013.01 - EP US); G03B 17/561 (2013.01 - EP US); F16M 2200/041 (2013.01 - EP US)
Citation (examination)
IT PD20070409 A1 20090613 - MANFROTTO LINO & C SPA
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
DOCDB simple family (publication)
WO 2017179020 A1 20171019; CN 109073138 A 20181221; CN 109073138 B 20201127; EP 3443255 A1 20190220; EP 3443255 B1 20240424; IT UA20162628 A1 20171015; JP 2019518980 A 20190704; US 10465837 B2 20191105; US 2019120420 A1 20190425
DOCDB simple family (application)
IB 2017052166 W 20170414; CN 201780022741 A 20170414; EP 17726987 A 20170414; IT UA20162628 A 20160415; JP 2018554024 A 20170414; US 201716093185 A 20170414